People and Paint make the story of this invigorating summer breakout as Summer Splash opened. It’s summer, people away, but the crowd came anyway.

By David Stone

Photos: Tad Sudol, Gallery RIVAA

The Roosevelt Island Daily News

Summer Splash: People and Paint

Going out for gallery openings, people think about the art and the artists, but what about the painters?

They think about the people.

Will they love the art? Will they pause and absorb a picture so many hours in the making?

Some art stops you in your tracks.

Summer Splash is the combined creation of RIVAA’s Laura Hussey, Valeriu Boborelu and Ioan Popoiu.

Absorbing art holds your attention, whether or not people are captured on the canvas.

People make art possible because, without them, paintings, pictures and objects can’t exist.

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